Milk-bottle and stopper.



PATENTED SEPT.11, 1906.

' c. MOONEY.

MILK BOTTLE AND STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 22,1905.

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' sen'nnsinhinntt (EARLESM. context, on LEVELAND. onuo, ASSlGNQR on one mm. seooisin To A'lvlQRILUS RUDGERS, one THlR'lY-SECOND TO WlLLlAlt i J. emits-es. one TmsTY-sinoosn 'ro esoeen n. FLETCHER, inn one sixtyomes ii o JAMES F. BERAN-EK, on CLEVELAND, onio.

- i MlLK-BO'QTLE AND $TOPPERU i0. eeeeee.

A li ti {11 d December 22, 1905. Serinl N0. ZllQQQO.

To wile-01mm it may concern.-

. grecinelly tspenng Be it known that I, OnARnEs M. CoNLsY, e citizen of the United States of America, residing at Glevelend, in the county of Guys; hoge end Steteof Ohio, have invented ccrteiii new and useful Improvements in. hlllli Eottles end Stoppers; and I here'bydcclsre the following to he :1 full, clear, and exact dcscript-ion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make end use the some.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in milk-bottles end stoppers therefor. .1

The object of this invention is to provide :1 bottle which will be dureble easily cleaned, end which will be securely closed when the stopper is in position.

' My invention therefore consists in providing s bottle and stopper which can be cheaply menufeetured end having such eonstmction that the stopper. will he self-lockingwhen ranged the neck of the bottle.

My invention further consists providing a bottle of this character having the seat lot the stopper arranged edistence below the rim oithe neck, so that the neok'poition may be chi ped 01" broken to a. considerable extent w thout affecting the sealing of the jar .orhottle; i My invention also consists in the features of construction and combination of parts, as described in the specification, pointed out in the ele-ii'ns, and illustrated in. the accompanying; drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is e cent-rel vertical section of e bottle embodymj invention with the stopnerthereof in position to close the bottle. Figfflshows the stopper; 1

gein' referring-tactile drawings, 1 represents the body portion of the bittle, which is ore? rsoly formed as shown in the drawings,

hevinge oonioere'tively broad base Eti'ltli' toward the top, so that the-sides sa e smooth. and can bejreoclil'y cleaned. repreeentsthe neck tion, end

top illfl oi the neck portion to about down the neck the interior well thqneoiis pendiculeig as at 3, encl'then from-the middle, portion of the neck the well slopesin' at on obtuse angle to the well shove, so that a seat 4 is formed in the loweiwart of the necl; hnv' outwardly-flaring since. 4

Specification ofLetters see-mt.

' Eetented se t. 11, ions.

The stopper is fori'necl ofeniore or .833 to silient materiel, preferably cardboard, and. comprises a. fiat postion o1 plotefi, having a, diameter epproin'metely equal to the diameter of the neck near its lower end'." Around the edge of the plate 5 is formed en outweirdly-flaring flange 6, which corresponds to the fleeing sent 4. The plate and lance portions are formed irom'one sheet, pre erebly by pressing the sheet amold, fore the tendency'of thefie'nge is to flatten out, an'dth'e pressure of the fiengengeinst the seat l locks the sto p91 in the neck oi the bottle. Also when tlieet'oppor is on the seat an edge on the perimeter thereo-tliet is, the

hot-tie, it is only necesssiy toongagc'the flange with a pointed tool, the prong of, a, fork, or similar article, end the stoppencen be rem-lily withdrawn. v

It will be seen that as the liengeof the stop per fits snugly on the seet in the neck portion a very secure joint is fn'meinls ew it impossible for dust to enter: or the contents of the bottle to escape.

.The arrangement of the steppe; neeiithe. but torn oi the neck of the bottle enables the bottle to be used almost indefinitely, as the chipping of the rim of the neck, which with the present construction of the bottle renders the $511116 worthless, will with my construe .tion note-fleet thenseh lness oi the bottle.

What 1. claim is l. The conihinetion' with e mille'nottle hitting an outwardly-liming sent fcnned in the neck portion of a. stopper comprising; a, circuleeplnte provided with an outwardly fiein'agflange syre1w to rest on the seat in the neck of ti bo' The on; out 4"" having on outwsully-flaring cost 1 none the nech oi'tiou s distance helowthe rim these-of o e stopper comprising :2. circular piste provided with an annular (inten ely-- ion n arranged rest the sent in.

e-mi therethe neck of the bottle, said. plate and flange being formed from a single piece of resilient material, substantially described and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a milk-bottle having: an outwardly-ilnri11g scat formed in the neck portion thereol :1v distance below the rim of the neck, of it stopper comprising a thin circular plate of flexible material, the

perimeter of nhich is beveled downwardly 1nd inwardly so as to rest on the said [luring seat in the neck ol' the bottle. 7

4. The combination with a milk-bottle having an outwardly-flaring seat [(HHlfll in the neck portion. a distance below the mouth.

otthe bottle, the upper surface of the said seat being arranged at an obtuse angle to the Wall of the neck portion above the seat, of e flexible stopper arranged to rest on said seat and having an edge on its peiimeter extending into the point of the angle formed by the seat and the portion of the Wall above the seat, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification. in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES M. CONLEY.

Witnesses: I

' VICTOR C. LYNCH,

L. lVlOUONNELL. 

